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REVIEWS: Hero of the
Empire
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NY Times
The Guardian
GoodReads
Book Companion
At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly
convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England
one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election
campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal he
must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Churchill
arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage
wine in tow, there to cover the brutal colonial war the British
were fighting with Boer rebels. But just two weeks after his
arrival, the soldiers he was accompanying on an armored train
were ambushed, and Churchill was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he
pulled off a daring escape--but then had to traverse hundreds of
miles of enemy territory, alone, with nothing but a crumpled wad
of cash, four slabs of chocolate, and his wits to guide him. The
story of his escape is incredible enough, but then Churchill
enlisted, returned to South Africa, fought in several battles,
and ultimately liberated the men with whom he had been
imprisoned. Hero of the Empire is more than an adventure story,
for the lessons Churchill took from the Boer War would
profoundly affect 20th century history.
Characters: 178. Amazon rating: 4 1/2 stars. Genre: Non-Fiction.
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Hero of the Empire |
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Blenheim
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